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Biography
Ric Burns is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. He has written, directed and produced historical documentaries since the 1990s, beginning with his collaboration on the celebrated PBS series The Civil War, which he produced with his older brother Ken Burns and wrote with Geoffrey Ward.
Filmography14 titles
Into the Deep: America, Whaling & The World
2010Director, Writer
2010Director, Writer
Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America
2020Director
2020Director
The Chinese Exclusion Act
2017Director, Writer
2017Director, Writer
Coney Island
1991Director, Producer
1991Director, Producer
The Civil War
1990Producer
1990Producer
The Pilgrims
2015Director
2015Director
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
2019Director
2019Director
The Donner Party
1992Director, Producer, Writer
1992Director, Producer, Writer
American Experience
1988Director, Producer, Writer
1988Director, Producer, Writer
We Shall Remain
Director
Director
Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Director
Director
The Concert for New York City
2001Director, Producer, Writer
2001Director, Producer, Writer
Death and the Civil War
2012Director
2012Director
Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film
2006Director, Executive Producer, Writer
2006Director, Executive Producer, Writer